Client:Leicester
City Council Competition: 1998 Project Value:
£1.4 million
Winning Competition Scheme
Humberstone Gate
Leicester
Two contrasting pedestrian spaces are created
– a new urban square in Humerstone Gate and a quiet
area around the existing Clocktower. Humberstone Gate
is transformed by the insertion of a ‘hippodrome’
space articulated along its length by multi-functional
bronze ‘pylons’. The pylons incorporate street
lighting and, benches, and provide the support for roof canopies
and banners erected for cultural events and
festivals
